9780739119747-0739119745-Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina

Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina

ISBN-13: 9780739119747
ISBN-10: 0739119745
Author: Hillary Potter
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Lexington Books
Format: Paperback 320 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780739119747
ISBN-10: 0739119745
Author: Hillary Potter
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Lexington Books
Format: Paperback 320 pages

Summary

Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina (ISBN-13: 9780739119747 and ISBN-10: 0739119745), written by authors Hillary Potter, was published by Lexington Books in 2007. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Atmospheric Sciences (Earth Sciences, Disaster Relief, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Atmospheric Sciences books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land and gravely affected the lives of many people in the states along the Gulf Coast. Katrina went beyond demonstrating the devastating natural effects of a hurricane by exposing the continuing significance of race relations and racial stereotyping in U.S. society.Racing the Storm serves to highlight the race-based perceptions of and responses to Katrina survivors by governmental entities, volunteers, the media, and the general public. Scholars from a variety of disciplines take on the task of analyzing the social phenomena and racial implications surrounding Hurricane Katrina.

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